A wonderful
week of racing in Kvitfjell, Norway is over. Both conditions, weather and
atmosphere was as good as it gets. It seems like I have lost the speed touch,
and my results over the weekend was nothing but disappointing.This is something I kind of was
prepared for, so Iīm not that upset about it.
This week the World Cup has moved on to Kvitfjell. Feels good to be back home. The hill is in an excellent shape, everything is all set for a great event. The training run today went ok, and with some more attacking spirit at the raceday, I think it should be possible to make some top 30 results.
Today we
competed in Super-Combined. This is a day a have been looking forward to for a
long time! Preparations have been good, and I was super psyched to get out
there, aiming for the top.
The weather
cleared up today, and we finally got to do the Olympic downhill race. The
volunteers have done an amazing job with the slope the last days, and we skied
a fair and worthy competition. I finished 31th , 2,38 out and was actually
pretty happy with my performance. Itīs a nice feeling to finally ski without
knee pain, and to only focus on finding more speed.
The weather
has as expected given us some problems these last days. Both yesterdays
downhill training, and todayīs race was cancelled. Since our program has been
postponed, we got the chance to go watch the opening ceremony in Vancouver last
night. It was an experience of a lifetime to see the show, and to match with
fellow Norwegian Olympians. Although it was a lot of travelling and waiting
around to get there, it fueled me with the true Olympic spirit. Which was made
it all worth the effort.
Today it was time for the first training run of the Olympic downhill.
Some wet and dark clouds came in over the mountain, and I ended up waiting 5
hours at the start before the training was cancelled.
We have had
a week of great training in Nakiska. The weather and snow has been absolutely
amazing, and I have got to practice all four disciplines. My skiing has been
improving every day, which is very motivating.
Itīs
finally here, every athletes wet dream, -the Olympics. Our team has done well
this season, and the Norwegian Olympic Committee drafted
all our five World Cup athletes for the games in Vancouver. That is a big
achievement for us!
Yesterdays
race did not really turn out
the way I planned. I hooked a gate in the second run, and did not finish. In
slalom we clear every gate by about 2-10cm, sooner or later you miscalculate
and carve your ski on the wrong side. Itīs part of the game.. Even though I know this,
it sucks!
In my opinion is the World Cup race in Schladming, the coolest slalom race on the planet. The arena fits about 50 000 people, and every year itīs full! The atmosphere is breathtaking, and itīs simply a great great experience to get to take a part of it. This race is tomorrow at 18.00 houers, watch it!
The weekend in Kitzbuhel is over. It has been a great event, beautiful weather, lots of people and perfect conditions. I only raced the slalom, witch did not turn out the way I hoped....
French skier Jannnick Bertrand had some problems in the Kernen-S at the
Lauberhorn race in Wengen last weekend. Normally I donīt like to post
videos containing crashes, but this one hilarius and has a good
outcome. Enjoy!
My slalom shape has been pretty solid lately, today I had another good
day at work! After skiing two good runs in the Wengen slalom I ended up
in 11th position.
After Adelboden the tour moved on to Wengen. This is one of the
greatest events of the season, during the weekend they are expecting about 100 000 spectatiors in the hill! The Lauberhorn downhill is also the longest
in the circus with alenght of 4,5km and a runtime of over 2,30sek. Yesterday we
raced the Super-Combined competition.
Today we raced in Adelboden, Switzerland. I was lying in a 10th position after the first run, and ended 12th when the race was done. After the disappointing result in Zagreb on Wednesday, I am more then happy with the result today.